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Engl 1113 Freshman Composition I Essay 2 (Explaining through Examples)

Length:	500 words (please provide a final word count)
Number of Paragraphs:	5 (introduction, 3 body paragraphs, conclusion)

Examples are the most powerful tools for explaining what you mean. Examples give the evidence that enables readers to understand and accept your viewpoint.

Your task is to share a specific insight you have gained. Choose from your personal experiences, talents, or interests or choose from ideas, concepts, theories, or strategies you are learning in other courses. Your purpose is to explain as clearly as possible for your audience what your insight is, how you developed it, and why you gained this insight by demonstrating with examples, facts, illustrations, data, or other information. Make sure that you use concrete, specific examples to support your opinions.

Your essay must state a clear thesis, which will be developed in three topic sentence paragraphs. Please do not use something that has already been the focus of an earlier essay for your insight.

Please submit multiple copies of the rough draft: one for you, one for me, and one for each member of your group. Submit only one copy of the final draft to me.

When you submit your mandatory revision, please attach the graded essay (but nothing else). Make sure that all the changes you made are in bold or highlighted so that I may find them quickly.

All essays must be typed (double-spaced) on standard, letter-size paper.

Please follow the formatting example as shown on p. 776 in McWhorter.

Essays will be graded on the 1-2-3 scale. Please refer to the course syllabus for grading criteria.

Submitting a revised essay may raise your grade by one or two levels. Not submitting a revised essay will lower your grade by one level.

Late work will be handled according to the rules in the syllabus. Remember that you may hand in only one late essay (including revisions).

The following are unacceptable and will result in a rejection of your essay and a grade of zero (0):

1. Pages which are stained, folded, crumpled, torn, or otherwise damaged.

2. Paper sizes other than letter-size.

3. Handwritten assignments.

In addition, you will be required to hand in an outline of your essay to me. The outline must also be typed and contain the following information:

Broad subject:

Narrow subject:

Purpose statement:

Thesis statement:

¶ 1: Topic:

Topic sentence:

Examples you will use in the ¶:

¶ 2: Topic:

Topic sentence:

Examples you will use in the ¶:

¶ 3: Topic:

Topic sentence:

Examples you will use in the ¶:

Your complete attention-getter:

Your complete closing:

Possible Topics

Successful employers always make sure that employees are well trained.
Fathers today spend considerable time and effort helping to raise the children.
Single parenthood can create considerable stress.
Having multiple children can create...aaarrrggghhh!!!
Letting people decide for themselves which laws to obey and which ones to ignore would be a mistake.
Movies featuring former SNL cast members are quite entertaining.
Helping others is often personally rewarding.
A successful career is worth the sacrifices it requires.
The general quality of television commercials is improving (or deteriorating).
An expensive car can be a bad investment.
Many people are superstitious in one way or another.
Relationships within the family are much more important than relationships outside the family.
Optimistic people are easy to spot.
If you could change three things on the OSU-Okmulgee campus (other than parking), what would they be?
Discuss three of the greatest challenges facing college students today.
What does it take to be successful in college?
Cooperation is the best way to achieve important goals.
Many people tend to make a mountain out of a molehill when faced with a problem.

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